Madeleine M. (Cipko-Sloboda) White

Madeleine M. (Cipko-Sloboda) White, 86, of Kunkletown, formerly of Hillside, N.J., passed away surrounded by her loving family on March 30, 2013, at Palmerton Hospital in Palmerton.

Madeleine M. (Cipko-Sloboda) White, 86, of Kunkletown, formerly of Hillside, N.J., passed away surrounded by her loving family on March 30, 2013, at Palmerton Hospital in Palmerton.

Madeleine was the wife of the late Edward T. White Sr., who passed away Aug. 24, 2007.

She was born in Reading on Feb. 19, 1927, and was the daughter of the late Louis J. Sloboda Sr. and Mary Cipko.

Madeleine had owned and operated Brush in Hand ceramic store in Union, N.J. Madeleine was a talented artist, designer and singer.

She was a member of the Mineola Grange, Fairview Senior Citizens, life member of the Native American Pavilion, and a member of the Parent Teacher Organization in New Jersey. Madeleine was awarded the Silver Fawn Award from Boys Scouts of America. She also was the first woman to serve as a council member and merit badge counselor for the Eastern District of the Boy Scouts of America. She also was a softball manager in Hillside, N.J. She was of the Catholic faith.

We have been blessed with the presence of Madeleine in our lives. She will be deeply missed by her children: Patricia M. Wuebber and her husband, Donald S., of Kunkletown; Edward T. White Jr. and his wife, Loreen, of Bridgewater, N.J.; and Tammie J. Romeo of Stroudsburg. She was a loving a gentle grandmother to her seven grandchildren: Veronica Ann White, Edward T. White III, Ayla Marie Romero and her husband, Roger, Skyla Rose S. Wuebber, Joachim S.C. Wuebber, Nicole J. Romeo and Michelle C. Romeo; and her one great-granddaughter, Ayla Isabella Romero.

She is also survived by two brothers: Louis Sloboda Jr. and his wife, Mary, of Warren, N.J., and Robert Sloboda and his wife, Marlene, of Lakewood, N.J.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Sloboda, and a sister-in-law, Barbara Sloboda.

Family and friends are welcome to offer their condolences from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 3, at Donald N. Gower Funeral Home, Route 209, Gilbert. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

Madeleine will be interred with her loving husband at Graceland Memorial Park in Kenilworth, N.J.